Rock in the 80s owes everything to all the rock bands from the 70s, 60s, 50s, and all the blues and jazz bands and all the music that came before them. The Ramones were definitely a small part of that, so go them!

The Ramones were not small at anything. There is no band that followed them that won't be happy to tell you how much they admired and were influenced by the Ramones. In fact for just that reason. The "supergroups" of the 70s forgot all about the 50s and 60's.